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| Ex-MP Salahuddin's super luxury Lincoln, other high-end cars seized |
| 2007-02-23 |
| The joint forces yesterday seized five luxury cars, five computers, and a plasma television from the residence of former BNP lawmaker Salahuddin Ahmed in Dhaka. The same day in Jhenidah they seized relief materials from the house of Shahidul Islam Master, another ex-BNP lawmaker. Elsewhere in the country, the army-led strike force rounded up 1,582 people on various charges as part of the ongoing anti-crime drive in the 24 hours preceding 6:00am yesterday. During the raids, they recovered 13 firearms and five crackers. The joint forces seized five cars worth several crore taka, a 42-inch plasma TV and five computers from the Shyampur house of Salahuddin Ahmed yesterday evening. They found a Lincoln Navigator and a Toyota Corolla with the same registration number. Toyota HiLux, Pajero V6, and a Toyota HiAce van are the other three cars seized and later taken to the Shyampur Police Station. The raid lasted for nearly three hours, starting from 5:00pm. Our Jhenidah correspondent reports: The joint forces recovered a huge quantity of relief materials from underground within the boundaries of Shahidul Islam's house at Maheshpur upazila yesterday evening. The goods seized include 275 saris, 30 lungis, 33 blankets, a good number of sports materials and 18 corrugated iron (CI) sheets of public relief stock. Maheshpur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Moniruzzaman was present during the raid on the house of the ex-lawmaker from Jhenidah-3. Our Nilphamari correspondent reports: The joint forces recovered 70 CI sheets of the government relief fund from Jamaat-run al Amin madrasa and Al Ihshan Islami Library in Kishoreganj upazila Wednesday. Inscribed on each sheet were words: Government Relief Materials, Not for Sale. The forces detained upazila Jamaat Nayeb-e Ameer Abu Sayeed, and local Jamaat leaders Montu Mia and Al Hasan in this connection. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 I think some of our British correspondents can verify that "crackers" in this instance means some type of firework. Now GEORGIA crackers are a totally different thing, and it'd take three RAB batallions to catch one and take his firearms... |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2007-02-23 20:31 |
| #3 Right you are, I know NO "Crackers" with that few guns. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-23 19:31 |
| #2 Yup, most crackers own more than 13 guns. |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-02-23 13:44 |
| #1 they recovered 13 firearms and five crackers. Got to be a translation error, |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2007-02-23 10:50 |